Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.” New Living Translation They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me. If you serve their gods, you will be caught in the trap of idolatry.” English Standard Version They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” Berean Standard Bible They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” King James Bible They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. New King James Version They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” New American Standard Bible They shall not live in your land, otherwise they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it is certain to be a snare to you.” NASB 1995 “They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” NASB 1977 “They shall not live in your land, lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” Legacy Standard Bible They shall not live in your land, lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” Amplified Bible They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it is certain to be a trap for you [resulting in judgment].” Christian Standard Bible They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods, it will be a snare for you.” Holman Christian Standard Bible They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against Me. If you worship their gods, it will be a snare for you.” American Standard Version They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin before me, and you shall not serve their gods, that they will not be a stumbling block to you. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me; for if thou shouldest serve their gods, these will be an offence to thee. Contemporary English Version Don't let them stay in your land. They will trap you into sinning against me and worshiping their gods. Douay-Rheims Bible Let them not dwell in thy land, lest perhaps thy make thee sin against me, if thou serve their god: which undoubtedly will be a scandal to thee. English Revised Version They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Never let them live in your land, or they will make you sin against me and trap you into serving their gods." Good News Translation Do not let those people live in your country; if you do, they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will be a fatal trap for you." International Standard Version They are not to live in your land. Otherwise they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will become a snare for you." JPS Tanakh 1917 They shall not dwell in thy land--lest they make thee sin against Me, for thou wilt serve their gods--for they will be a snare unto thee. Literal Standard Version they do not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me when you serve their gods, when it becomes a snare to you.” Majority Standard Bible They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” New American Bible They must not live in your land. For if you serve their gods, this will become a snare to you. NET Bible They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you." New Revised Standard Version They shall not live in your land, or they will make you sin against me; for if you worship their gods, it will surely be a snare to you. New Heart English Bible They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you." Webster's Bible Translation They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee to sin against me: for if thou shalt serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to thee. World English Bible They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” Young's Literal Translation they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Angel to Lead…32You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. 33They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” Cross References Exodus 10:7 Pharaoh's officials asked him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?" Exodus 23:24 You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces. Exodus 34:12 Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. Deuteronomy 7:1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations--the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you-- Deuteronomy 7:16 You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you. Deuteronomy 12:30 be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise." Deuteronomy 20:18 so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God. Treasury of Scripture They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me: for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you. they make 1 Kings 14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 2 Chronicles 33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. it will surely Exodus 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: Deuteronomy 7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Jump to Previous Cause Dwell Evil Gods Serve Servest Sin Snare Sure Surely Wilt WorshipJump to Next Cause Dwell Evil Gods Serve Servest Sin Snare Sure Surely Wilt WorshipExodus 23 1. Of slander, false witness, and partiality4. Of charitableness 6. Of justice in judgment 8. Of taking bribes 9. Of oppressing a stranger 10. Of the year of rest 12. Of the Sabbath 13. Of idolatry 14. Of the three feasts 18. Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice 20. An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him (33) They shall not dwell in thy land.--Individuals might remain if they became proselytes, as Urijah the Hittite, Araunah the Jebusite, &c.; and the Gibeonites remained en masse, but in a servile condition. What was forbidden was the co-existence of friendly but independent heathen communities with Israel within the limits of Canaan. This would have been a perpetual "snare" to the Israelites, and would have continually led them into idolatry; as we find that it did during the period of the early Judges. (See Judges 1:27-36; Judges 2:11-13; Judges 3:5-7.) Verse 33. - They shall not dwell in the land. This law did not, of course, affect proselytes; nor was it considered to preclude the continuance in the land of the enslaved Gibeonites. It forbade any Canaanite communities being suffered to remain within the limits of Palestine on friendly terms with the Hebrews. The precaution was undoubtedly a wise one. |